Yeah, escalation gets easier once someone else breaks the norm. That’s why waiting was the mistake. Acting first would’ve defined the terms instead of reacting to them.

Bro, that’s the reply you give when your argument tapped out two comments ago.

Absolutely! RBG made a huge mistake there. Same with Biden in a sense.

With a 50–50 Senate, you don’t get big reforms without pressure politics. Dem leadership refused to play that game. Pretending that was impossible instead of a choice is what’s actually revisionist.

I already donate and vote. That doesn’t mean Dem leadership gets a free pass when they drop the ball. If anything, accountability should start at home.

Yes. This 👆🏻

Sure, they could. That’s exactly my point. Structural reforms work because undoing them becomes politically costly for either party. That’s why Dem leadership should’ve acted when they had the chance!

You have to fight fire with fire. The era of “taking the high road” is over.

Y’all have got to stop accepting the excuses if we’re going to make real change and stop the erosions of our democratic norms. They didn’t pressure and politic enough with those outliers.

Ha ha, I was literally just telling someone this.

Trust me, I’m frustrated with the electorate too. But pretending Dem leadership ‘did their job’ because they impeached him twice is wild. The messaging was a mess and they avoided every hard pressure move they actually needed.

Everyone knows you can’t arrest someone immediately after J6. Don’t take it so literally. The point is how LONG accountability took after that.

Agree for sure. They’ve failed to meet the moment too many times. There needs to be new leadership.

Exactly. Republicans escalate every cycle, and Dem leadership responds with…a sternly worded disappointment letter. Truly masterclass strategy!

Just rewrite the law oversimplifies Congress. Structural reforms stick because undoing them is politically costly; both parties know that. Reid’s move was for lower courts, not SCOTUS. Republicans escalated it in 2017 and even that needed rare unity. Democrats could’ve still made it harder to undo.